Carton-blank.



K. I. HERMAN.

GAR-TON BLANK.

APPLIOATIQN FILED APRJB, 1914.

Patented M21129, m5

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

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Be it known that-I K RL =1. Harman, a citizen .of the. United States, residing at Chicago, in the\county -of Gook andState of Illinois, have invented new and-useful In provements in Carton-Blanks, of which the following is a :Eull, clear, concise, and; exact description, mierence {being had. to-the -accompanyingfdrawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carton blanks.

It is one of the objected-my inventionlto provide a carton blank compris ngc tary 'flat sheet which may be lfolded into -a completely --inclosed,gable roofed box resembling a toy house.

Further objects of any inventiOnIare to rovide-a blank such thatthe carton may e readily and ea-sily set up andireadily and quiokl takendownagain toafla't sheet; to

provi' e a {blank of the sort-describedwhich can be made by standard box-making nachinenyg; :and to provides blank economical in :its manufacture and convertible mto a carton gpractical in itsuse and'attractive in its appearance.

. disclosed being merely one preferred embodiment thereof;

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a view of a carton blank constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the blank folded up 1-nto the complete carton; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail in cross section, taken on the line 33 of'Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Like re erence characters refer to like parts throughout the following-specification and the several figures of the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the blank here of.-cardboard of suitable thickness, and :so fonnediasrto be=foldable -into a gableiroofedtoy house, blank is ;-'roug'l1ly. T-sshaped and the steel: is given two pair- 0f parallel creases l r ght anglesto each 'other, the creases-'5 of-onecpair being'near the-edges of the uprig'htuportionof the T and the othen dbeinggexcept. 'for certainaprm JGCHDHS heremafter 'd'esoribedpinline with -the-upperrandzilower'edges of "the :cross piece of the 1 'These nreases,-.as willbeiapparentfrom Fig.- 1., :divide the blank :intofive. portime, a. centralrectangle and four con tiguous-quam-rectangular portions 8, 9, 10

and 11. The side portions 9, 10, whiclnare has a roughly rpointed projection 13 at the top. Wherethmlatter meets theuppenporr tion' 8 the stock is diagonally :cut to the meeting oints of the-creases 5=and 6,mak-

ing', 11126 ect, a mitervjoin't. l hisqcut gives-- the projection 13 the rformof triangles hav ing on their outer sides flaps 14, formed .by

scoring the stock as irepresented by the dot-- tedhnes 'in Fig:

Thecreases 5 form,-on the lower portion 11, .flapjs 16 =which-at theirjuncture with the side portions 9 end-.10, areslottedes. shown at 1 7 toeid-in folding. Across the upper portion -8, from end=to:end, is'a crease 18.

Abovelthi'srcreasa-and justinside thecre'ases. 5, are formedsmall'holes :19. Similar holes are formed in .thes-lower ends of the flaps 14,

in the. lower endssofthe flaps 16, and-in-the side portions -9 and 10 near the bottom thereof and j ust within -the creases 12.

If'desired the side portions 9 and 10 may be cut separately and later suitably secured to the central portion 7. The unitary sheet thus formed is then the equivalent in use of the single sheet above described.

In folding the blank into the toy house, the lower portion 11 serves as the floor and a fold is made along the lower crease 6,

the central portion 7 thus becoming the rear wall of the house. The flaps 16 are folded in the. crease 5 to a perpendicular position and the end portions 9 and 10 are givena 90 fold in the creases 5 thus bringing the inner portions thereof in contact with the flaps l6. It will be seen that the holes 19 flaps 14 are folded where .scored at 15 to provide bearing surfacefor the roof which is formed by folding the upper portion 8 of the blank along the crease 6 and again along the crease 18, the latter becoming the ridge of the roof. 1 N 0 fold is made on the creases 5 above the upper crease 6 but the grooves formed by the creases 5 tnereabove serve as seats for the edges of the gable ends (Fig. 3) and thus tend to retain the proper alinement. The holes 19 of the upper portion 8 coincide with the holes of the flaps 14, and the roof is secured to the gable ends by fasteners 20 as before described.-

The blank is given representation of bricks, doors and windows, 2, and any advertising matter to suit.

It will be seen that, by my invention, I have made it possible to fold a unitary blank into a completelyinclosed gable roofed toy house- The blanks may be shipped or stored flat and are easily and quickly set up into the completed carton as there are no extra pieces to be pasted on or the like and only a few simple fasteners are used. As these fasteners are removable the carton is readily taken down and so may be kept in a flat condition when not in use. It will be apparent that there are no separate pieces of the carton to become lost, so that it is always available for use. The doors formed by the ends of the side portions 9 and 10 may be opened ,and closed at any time without the removal of any parts so that the carton may be readily filled or emptied when desired. The doors are held closed by the overhanging eaves formed by the upper edge of the portion 8 of the blank parts in as shown in Fig.-

the grooves formed by the creases 5 in out sacrifice as the blanks may be manufactured with great economy.

avmg thus described my invention what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A blank for cartons having a unitary, substantially T-shaped, flat sheet, having two creases extending from end to end of the upright portion near the edges thereof, two transverse creases substantially in line with the upper and lower edges of the cross piece, the portion of the blank above the upper of said creases havinga transverse crease the portions outside of said firstnamed creases being centrally creased, the inner section of said side portions being peaked.

2. A blank for cartons, folclable into a gable roofed house, comprising a unitary flat sheet divided into central, upper and lower and side portions by two pair of parallel and perpendicular creases, the side pieces being centrally creased and having peaked tops on the portions within said central creases, to form the gable ends when the blank is folded, one pair of said firstnamed creases extending downwardly to form flaps on said lower portion of the blank, and extending upwardly in said upper portion to form seats for said gable ends, thereby tending to keep the parts in KARL I. HERMAN. Witnesses: I

W. PERRY HAHN, ANNE SoLoMoN. 

